oil

[paulinthetrees]

Hi can anyone tell me what engine oil best for a v6 petrol

[Simon Jones]

I'm using Castrol Magnatec 5w30 fully synthetic. Probably fine on semi-synth but it was on offer at Halfords so I got 12 litres. Just done annual change after about 5000 miles and it came out pretty clean although I am running LPG which tends to run cleaner than petrol alone.

[paulinthetrees]

running on lpg too so think 5w/30 the way to go thanks simon

[paulinthetrees]

sorry to bother you again do you have a coolant alarm fitted if you do what temp do you set it at thanks

[Simon Jones]

Yes, several: TM2, TM4 (twin display) and a Mason alarm. Round about 96 for the heads (TM4) and about 90 for the coolant. The Mason alarm doesn't have an absolute temp setting but rather a setting from 0 to 5.

The Mason alarm needs tweaking up a bit as it comes on just before the fans so, and the TM4 also needs to go about a degree or two as it went off at the top of the big hill by Birdlip. Each van will be different so try setting it a bit low and adjusting such that it only goes off in extreme conditions.

[paulinthetrees]

I have a tm4 got it back today went for a drive oil low kept flashing checked the oil that was fine as I slowed down and waited at traffic lights the engine cut off had to restart it done it 4 or 5 times its going back tomorow thanks for advice

[ELZE]

I'm using Castrol Magnatec 5w30 fully synthetic. Probably fine on semi-synth but it was on offer at Halfords so I got 12 litres. Just done annual change after about 5000 miles and it came out pretty clean although I am running LPG which tends to run cleaner than petrol alone.

Same here, full synthetic -LPG - Halfiords